American History & Hall of Fame Showcase, June 2024

Cut square Cole Younger autograph, 1.25x4.75" with crease about .25" below signature. "Thomas Coleman Younger (January 15, 1844 ̵...

House of Representatives review of the case against General Benjamin Butler, who captured $50,000 from the mint in New Orleans while in command there

Partially printed document issued by Justice of the Peace of Bristol County, March 2, 1785. Samuel Dunbar Junior is posting a bond for 25 pounds to gu

Hattisburg Mississippi wanted poster issued by The Southern Express Company for the apprehension and conviction of two train robbers wo, on March 19th

1877 Nebraska arrest warrant for J. Collins and eight others whose names are unknown, for commiting the crime of robbery. "Sam Bass (July 21, 1...

Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada Austin. Stagecoach Robbery Letter, Silver Bars stolen. One page letter on the Manhattan Silver Mining Co. of

Dated San Francisco, July 1st, 1873 from the General Superintendent's Office, John J. Valentine. The public is hereby cautioned against purchasi...

2 RPC's of the hanging of Tomas E "Black Jack" Ketchum. Card 1 is titled "The Hanging of "BlackJack" the Outlaw" w...

Billy the Kid Collection. All documents directly related to Kid All from the Jim Earle Collection of the Lincoln County War. Billy the Kid is unques

Murphy & Dolan Partnership. All from the Jim Earle Collection of the Lincoln County War. Collection of five documents directly related to the Do...

1893 Report of inspection of hide, signed in upper and lower right by James B Miller. He was also known as Killin' Jim, Killer Miller or Deacon....

Lincoln County War documents and ephemera. The Lincoln County War was an Old West conflict between rival factions which began in 1878 in Lincoln Coun

A court citation from El Paso County naming Pat Garrett in the complaint for non-payment to F. Brunschwig & Company, demanding principal, intere...

Pat Garrett's life insurance policy from the fraternal organization The Knights of Honor of Uvalde, Texas. The amount of the policy is $2000 and...

Printed by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, November 23, 1858 to John Cowdry, Esq.: "You have been selected to assist at the Execution o...

A handwritten legal affidavit accusing Frank Warthorst of attempting to murder Mary E. Kirkland. He shot her in the face and neck. Ohio

In this document, Governor Allen Trimble declares Jonas Goodell Justice of the Peace in Portage County, dated 19th November, 1830. 11 x 8 inches, righ

Ten miscellaneous letters, etc., from Ohio, c1836-97. The group includes a Newton Falls, OH, personal letter about an attempted rapist found not guilt

A collection of eight includes court writs and summons from Portage Co., Ohio, c1811-18XX. Includes an 1811 order for Alexander McGreary Johnson to ap

A Pawnee, Territory of Oklahoma receipt/certification pre-printed 3" x 8" document, c1895, with the signature of Deputy United States Mars...

A collection of three documents with autographs of Oklahoma law men, E. D. Nix, William Tilghman, and Chris Madsen, c1890s-1908. Included are: 1. Okla

1908 Fletcher, Okla receipt for $26.16 from Frank James signed by H A Pullady on lined paper with center vertical crease, 5.5x2.5". 1875 Americ...

Cut square autograph of Frank James in pencil with repro photograph. Frank James (1843-1915) and his brother Jessie were among the best known American

1910 First State Bank letterhead sent to Frank James, Fletcher, OK. Letter is about a certificate of breeding for his pig. Letter 5.5x8.25". 19...

Summons dated April 21, 1876 for the arrest of one Joseph Settle on the charge of disorderly conduct in a "Bawdy House". The sheriff at th...

Broadside (8 3/4 x 11 inches) published Jamestown, Pa., December 6, 1880. $100 Reward! / For the Arrest and Conviction of the / Two Burglars / Who Rob

Original Photograph of Some Founding Members of the Philadelphia Vigilance Committee (and members of the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society, c 1855-186

Broadside from Bristolburgh, Pennsylvania, circa 1853 for a $30 reward for the recovery of a white horse, 15 hands high, stolen from the owner in Cent

1883 Bail Bond for Charles Stanley, accused of unlawfully keeping and exhibiting a certain gaming wheel called a wheel of fortune. Signed on verso by

Hand painted photo of Frank Hamer, who lead the Bonnie and Clyde fatal shooting. "Francis Augustus Hamer (March 17, 1884 – July 10, 1955)...

1895 quarterly report of fines imposed and judgements rendered. Signed on lower right by Roy Bean. "Phantly Roy Bean Jr. (c. 1825 – March...

Two documents related to western outlaw later turned lawyer John Wesley Hardin. A. A.B. Fall document. Fall defended Selman for killing Hardin. He was

A unique collection of four different items from the life of John Wesley Hardin (1853-1895), a hardened criminal, western outlaw and killer, turned la

August 2, 1897 State of Texas summons of a Dr. Beverley to appear on a court case, endorsed by John Wesley Hardin's son, John W. Hardin, Jr. She...

December 29, 1760, handwritten legal document a defamation suit brought by a woman accused of fornicating with a dog and delivering a litter of puppie

A small library of four books pertaining to cowboys and outlaws. 1)The Log of a Cowboy, Andy Adams, 1903. A Narrative of the Old Trail Days. 387 pp. 5

Riata and Spurs by famous Lawman and Pinkerton Detective Charles Siringo, inscribed by the author to his friend Pawnee Bill. The book is in poor condi

The Little Lawyer and Legal Adviser, by H.A. Gaston, attorney at law, c1880. 318 pp., embossed cloth gilt binding. Upper/lower spine wear, degradation

There are over 30 buttons with the letter "P" depicted. There are two sizes 5/8 in. and 7/8 in. "P" indicates POLICE. Manufactur...

This lot holds two buttons from the "City of Houston/ P". Made by "Supreme Quality" at .625 in. The "P" likely means p...

5 c1790's New York legal documents. One signed by Thomas Carslifse-foxing and 2 horizontal tears, 1791 signed by Samuel Jones, who became the fi...

Revolutionary War Financier, Robert Morris Autograph. Ornate stock certificate Signed by Robert Morris' for his North American Land Company. Dr....

James Tilghman signed Capias at Satisfaction issuing out of the Court of Queens County, Maryland, May 6, 1799, directed to the Coroner of said County

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter (1862-1910). An American short story writer known for his surprise endings, his stories put ordinar

Marshall was the man who discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, January 1848 and began the California Gold Rush. Signature: J. W. Marshall in blue i...

1881 and 1885 W A Clark signed Moulton Mining stocks. "William Andrews Clark Sr. (January 8, 1839 – March 2, 1925) was an American entrep...

1966 The Wallace Story by Bill Jones. Autographed by George C Wallace and Bill Jones. "George Corley Wallace Jr. (August 25, 1919 – Septe...

1919 Grimes Divide issued to Zed Kendall, 1919 Tonopah Divide signed by W J Douglass, 1919 California Divide signed by WV Richardson, 1919 Brougher Di

Issued 1916 West End Cons-BF Edwards, 1906 Tonopah Gold Mining-Geo Wingfield, 1919 Tonopah Divide-H Brougher, 1919 California Divide-T Oddie, 1919 Gri

This is a hand signed letter by financier Russell Sage, instructing the agents and janitors of the New York Stock Exchange to allow one Charles W. Osb

Document appointing Dr. Hyatt as American Counsel to Cuba signed by President Grover Cleveland with dark signature, August 25, 1983. Framed, 16x20.5...

Signed letter from James Buchanan, future President of the United States. He served from 1857 to 1861, and served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1

This early naval button is 15/16 in. across, domed with an anchor and horizontal line background. The reverse is Waterbury Button Co. with a fixed cop

These cuff links are 5/8 in. in diameter with the anchor and key design. All brass fixed toggle. Please see photo for details

A collection of 15 legal documents out of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, c1830-95. Includes an 1830 business agreement for the mercantile Neighbour & ...

This Great Seal button is 1 1/8 in. across and appears to be a copper button with a fixed shank on reverse. The face has an eagle facing left, a wrea

The gentlemen in this document were veterans of the Revolutionary War: Dr. Joseph Fiske Junior (1752-1837) was just 23 years old at the Battle of Lex

Portrait Bronze of Prussian Revolutionary War General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, who is credited with organizing the Continental Army under George

This Revolutionary War button is 3/4 in. in diameter with the "RI" in script for Rhode Island. c. 1770-1790s. Shank is missing. Rhode Is...

This Revolutionary War button is marked "60" for the King's 60th regiment of foot soldiers, measuring at 1 in. On the reverse is stamp...

This group consists of letters and inventory lists of items received or shipped by merchants William and Samuel Vernon. William Vernon Esq.(1719-180

This eagle and shield button is 7/8 in. across. It has the open eagle facing left, a wreath with a star cluster inside, followed by "e pluribus...

This is a loan document signed by William Ellery, one of the founding fathers of the United States of America and a signer of the Declaration of Indep

1972 The Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, A Biography in His Own Words by King, 1956 Ben Franklin, An Affectionate Portrait by Keyes-front dustjac

Very early reprint of the famous Ulster County Gazette announcement of George Washington's death. While the family who has owned this paper for ...

This original 1808 document is signed by two survivors of the Battle of Lexington & Concord: Sam Hoar and Joshua Brooks, both from Lincoln, Mass...

Original Mint Condition, Limited Edition Bicentenary Liberty Bell Replica cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in London. This is Bell No. 1241 still

This eagle and anchor button displays the American eagle facing right, over an anchor surrounded by thirteen stars. The button is round with an oval s

Thee two buttons are (English) Royal Horse Artillery buttons c.1800s; one is at 23mm, the other at 19 mm. They display a cannon under the crown. No ma

Journal of the Eighth Congress of the Twenty-Ninth Year of the Independence of the United States. This very old record is not bound, is fragile, but s

This colonial button is stamped with the state name of "Massachusetts Artillery" of brass and 1 in. in diameter. The button depicts that c...

This colonial button is stamped with the state name of New Hampshire Artillery of brass and 1 in. in diameter. The button depicts that cannon and flag

Framed Society of the Sons of the American Revolution member certificate, 1915, 28x33". MR Proctor Jr. graduate degree. Governor Fletcher D Pro...

President Lincoln wrote James Hackett a fan letter after seeing him play Falstaff. Hackett leaked the letter to the New York Herald, which ridiculed L

This is an official Territory of Nevada document signed by Secretary of the Nevada Territory Orion Clemens, in his capacity of acting governor, which

Autographed letter signed by Salmon P. Chase, March 20, 1866 while he was Chief justice of the US Supreme Court. Chase was secretary of the treasury u

Abraham Lincoln's physician Preston H. Bailhache (1835-1919) was in Springfield from 1857 to 1860. This signed autograph postal cover is address...

Colored print titled "The Cabinet at Washington", an image of Abraham Lincoln surrounded by his cabinet: Montgomery Blair, John P. Usher, ...

Abraham Lincoln / Andrew Johnson 1864 election 3 x 7 inch "Union Ticket" listing the names of the electors from Northern California: Samue...

1864 Campaign Ballot. Rare in Color! For President: Abraham Lincoln; for Vice President: Andrew Johnson. 5 x 9 inches, red, white and blue; includes

Obv.: Abraham Lincoln / (portrait); Rev.: 1809-1909 / With Malice / Toward None / With Charity / For All. Cunningham 11 390 B2 (page 108). 61 mm.

Autograph letter signed by John Dyott, who had been on stage in Act Three, Scene Two when John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Two pages (5

May Hart played Georgiana in "Our American Cousin," the play on stage at Ford's Theatre the night of Lincoln's assassination. Cabi...

Carte de Visite of President Andrew Johnson, produced by Allen of Boston. 2 1/2 x 4 inches; extremely fine condition. Cut square autograph: Respectful

Five autographs of contemporaries of Abraham Lincoln: 1) Matthew Simpson (1811-1884) Methodist minister who delivered eulogy at Lincoln's burial...

Lot of five autographs of men involved with Abraham Lincoln: 1) Stephen A. Douglas; Senator from Illinois and presidential opponent; "S. A. Dou...

Lot of six autographs pertaining to Lincoln's assassination: 1) James Speed (1812-87); attorney general; 2 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch. 2) H. R. Rathbone; ...

Lot of five autographs of people associated with Abraham Lincoln: 1) Burton C. Cook (1819-1894) U. S. Representative from Illinois; twice placed Linco

Blanche Ford was the wife of the Owner of Ford's Theatre where Lincoln was assassinated. Bold signature, penned on a 4 x 2 1/2 inch card. Signed...

Earliest known photo graphic images of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth's escape route. Six original circular sepia toned photographs, each ab...

Caleb Blood Smith (1808-1864) seconded Lincoln's nomination for President at the 1860 Republican National Convention in Chicago, and was rewarde...

Scarce Lincoln & Hamlin 1860 campaign envelope and coated engraved jugate card. The envelope (2 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches) is in excellent condition an...

Clark Mills was noted for his life mask of Abraham Lincoln cast just two months before his assassination. Sept. 28, 1869 check (8 x 3 inches) drawn on

Beverly Tucker was a Confederate agent and alleged Lincoln assassination conspirator. In the Civil War, Tucker was a Confederate agent in Canada, and

Two 10 x 7 inch, glossy black and white photographs of the Lincoln assassination conspirators hanging from the original negative of Alexander Gardner.

Edwards Pierrepont (1817-1892) served as Abraham Lincoln's personal advisor before and after Lincoln was elected president. He was appointed by...

Thursday afternoon January 1, 1863 the Boston Music Hall hosted a Grand Jubilee Concert to celebrate The Emancipation Proclamation. Four page program

Abraham Lincoln embossed funeral card; choice extremely fine; 5 x 3 1/2 inches. Possibly distributed when Lincoln's casket was transferred to t...

Everton J. Conger helped capture John Wilkes Booth: helped set fire to the barn Booth was hiding in, helped drag his body from the barn after Booth ha

Issued just four months after the assassination. a bright red example of the 25 cent denomination Newspaper and Periodicals revenue stamp. In the phil